Door-hanger support.



D. E. WILLARD.

DOOR HANGER SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 12. 191

1,120,777.- Panted D@@.15,1914.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it knovvnl that l, Dorman E. Wmo, a citizen of the United States,residing at Danville, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois,have invented certain new. and useful improvements in Door-HangerSupports, cation.

My invention -relatesto tracks for sliding door hangers. It is essentialthat such tracks shall be rigid so as to carry the weight Witlr outdeflection and adapted to permit the Wheels of the hangers to travelthereon without obstruction. Such tracks are usuali made either fromtubes (generally slottedi7 and are supported by means'of separatelyformed brackets either removably or rigidly connected with the tracks.In some instances it has been proposed to form the track and its supportintegrally from-sheet metal. lt is desirable to provide such tracks andtrack supports with a housing which shall protect the tracks .fromobstruction due to snow, sleet, etc., and to (prevent the passage ofsnow, rain, sleet an upper edge of the door. Usually the Water shieldwhere one is used is formed. separately from the door supports andtrack.

y invention :has for its purpose to. provide tures in a structure whichis of integral for.-

. mation and such as maybe readily stamped or pressed from sheetmetalthus reducing the cost of manufactureand' application.

My device can be lengths but for economy of manufacture' it has beenfound best to make it 'in standard'- lengths--say six or eight feet andto connect two of such sections together by a sirnple joint pieceinserted in the adjoining-ends of the'track portions. u

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a cross-sectional' View throughthe track, its supports and the shield, and Fig. 2 isl an elevation ofthe outer side of thedevice.

In the drawings A represents the sheet from which the track, itssupport-s and the shield are formed; B the hanger, C the track Wheel, Dthe door, andE the jointpiece.

'The metal sheet or plate A is suitably pressedor stamped to providethevertical attachingtlange 10 perforated as at 1l for the passage of anattaching bolt or lag screw, the'outwardly inclined roof portion ofwhich the following is a specidust over or its lodgment upon the may usea siinpie joint piece such tube E telescoping' the abutted these severalnecessary or desirable few" made in any desired.

convex and is shielded from the elements itl the trck por4 Gli will notbe liableto obstruction. Illhere is thus formed a housing for the hangerand the' upper edge of the door which aiiords not only ample protectionfrom the elements `ont Aalso prevents the wheel of the hanger fromdisplacement. By reason of the conver cross-sectional shape of the trackand the ccncaved shape ofthe periphery of the wheel," thaoloor 4mayswing outward when struck b' a vehicleor by reason of other causesu l*urthermore, vthe substantially s`en1itubular sha spacing of t e shield te body portion of the device permit upward yielding of the shield underthe tilt' or swinging of the door viiithout dan er o. breaking any'orthe The structure is su ciently strong to support heavy doors and may beused with various forms of hangers; .Y

.When the trackis'put up in sections l as the split hollow tracks of theconnected sections.

'There is provided by my invention a suspension ange a housing' over thetop and outer side of the hanger, a track and awater shield -or apronall formed integrally 'from a relatively thin metal plate. Thisconstruction is rendered possible by reason of the fact that the variousparts are so disposed vas to avoid' sharp curves or angular bendswhilethe disposition of the y suspension angeLvertical vside member, convextrack e of the track together with the'V from the lower edge ofottiene-0f the evica ends of the section and shield are in parallelplanes and'v thetransverse Width of the structure is such that .thedevice is suiliciently .ri id toprevent .distortion under the load, Wileattaining extreme simplicty'and economy in conL struction endosse inapplication.

l. means for supporting sliding doors constructed from a single sheet ofmetal and comprising ay vertical attachinglange at 'its' upper margin,an outwardly extending por.=- tion constituting a roof or housing 'for awheel hanger, .a vertical member constituting the body' portion of thesupporting ineens, an mwardlyeritending 'reversely- Ln-"verl poriionaffording e longitudinal trough-like depression adjacent o sani bodyportion, and a convexl; ourve track porion of eini-evlimirieel form, andan out Werlgextencling erminal portion constitoting; e shield for he topof the door, said; snieki portion being spaced apart from the lower ed'e of the body portion, substanielly es eecribed.

1o The combinaion with a, sliding door eoefl snspenling Wheel vcarriedby the if? e door support formed from e 1 A.eial an cnmprising e Verhlange at its upper margin, eicny-exencling. porion constitutfooi orhousing for a wheel hanger, member constituting the body a hanger risingtherefrom and a nomino n. Winnen@ Witnesses:

E. MEHBINGER, R. B. OLDER.

